Neisseria

Examples

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• Figure 1. Laboratory-confirmed bacterial meningitis cases and Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W cases, Burkina Faso, 2011 and 2012 meningitis seasons.

  Academic text (2014)

• The three most common causative bacteria are H. influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Neisseria meningitidis.

  Academic text (2006)

• Meningococcal disease is caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, also called the meningococcus.

  Academic text (2014)

• (n65) Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which causes gonorrhea, may be resistant to beta-lactams, spectinomycin, and tetracycline.

  Academic text (2000)

• Thus, changes in sialic acid metabolism in ADHD could be used by Neisseria to escape the host immune defense, which might explain the observed overrepresentation of this genus in our ADHD samples.

  Academic text (2018)

• The normal flora may include streptococci and staphylococci among the gram-positive organisms, and Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria species, and Moraxella species among the gram-negatives.

  Academic text (2005)

• The institute is conducting laboratory-based surveillance and is involved in several research projects on infectious diseases, including antimicrobial drug resistance of P. falciparum, HIV, hepatitis B and C viruses, M. tuberculosis, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

  Academic text (2014)

• The bacterium Neisseria meningitidis is responsible for causing serious infections like meningitis.

• Infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae leads to the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea.

• Research shows that strains of Neisseria meningitidis can develop resistance to common antibiotics.

Compounds

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Neisseria lactamica

• Specialized

8.5

A harmless bacterium found in children's noses and throats used in vaccine research

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

• Specialized

8.6

A type of bacteria that causes gonorrhea, an infection people get during sex

Surface Forms

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Etymology